Serpico v. Urso

PRESIDING JUSTICE LINN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Prior to pleading guilty, defendant, who first appeared pro se in response to a summons and complaint charging him with the paternity of plaintiff’s child, was not fully informed of certain statutorily prescribed rights as required under section 5 of the Paternity Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 40, par. 1355). Alleging the trial court’s failure to comply with the statute, defendant petitioned to vacate his guilty plea. The court, denying the petition, found defendant to be the father of plaintiff’s child and, after a support hearing,…